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Montréal, Québec, Canada

Montréal, Québec, Canada

• Devised and led the implementation of a cross-cutting, business-wide ethics, financial crime and economic sanctions compliance program mandated by the Auditor General of Quebec (AGQ), while managing compliance.
• Submitted 100% of required deliverables within prescribed delays while leading the AGQ action plan;
• Reduced by more than 80% the Canadian sanctions compliance risk;
• Ensured 100% of investment, sale, rental and other commercial transactions are screened (due diligence) against legal and reputational risk, as well as conflicts of interest;
• Developed targeted trainings, communications and controls for all employees leading to a 100% compliance rate.

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

• Devised policy standards and led the implementation of insider threat (fraud, corruption and other wrongdoing) framework across all Desjardins Group:
• Identified business processes most vulnerable to insider threat, among over 7,000 processes, to prioritise testing and establishment of effective controls;
• Designed tools for branch managers to prioritise employee training and monitoring efforts;
• Designed standards for background checks, personal information sharing of fraud incidents, and registering security incidents to monitor levels of risk and tailor interventions;
• Raised awareness and accountability by training branch managers on the new insider threat framework and their related duties and responsibilities.

Montreal, Canada

• Advised international organizations on governance, compliance, transparency and privacy at the project and corporate levels:
• Modernised the anti-corruption and conflict of interest frameworks, as well as codes of conduct to align them with good practices and recent trends (Global Fund);
• Facilitated International Federation of Red Cross humanitarian services by drafting personal data sharing agreement template while complying with EU General Regulations on Data Protection (GDPR);
• Facilitated successful implementation of public sector internal control bodies reform across all departments of the government of Benin (OECD);
• Empowered National Statistical Offices to monitor the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development by identifying access to information and open data indicators (United Nations, Paris 21).

Paris Area, France

• Helped various organizations and governments to effectively manage ethics and compliance risks and developed analytical frameworks to strengthen their governance and compliance framework:
• Transferred knowledge on good governance and integrity practices in more than 20 conferences and technical workshops in Europe, South America and Africa;
• Prevented financial crime and other misconduct during the building of the New International Airport of Mexico City;
• Produced a Quebec government progress report in implementing Charbonneau Commission public procurement recommendations in 4 months instead of 12 months;
• Accelerated Greece’s policy reforms which had put at risk the refinancing of their public debt by the European Union.

Québec, Canada

• Standardized and reduced time necessary for evaluating necessary reforms in firms exposed before the Charbonneau Commission;
• Enabled a 30% price reduction in public procurement by providing advice to senior officials, private firms and UPAC members on the implementation of tailored good governance and integrity practices,
• Issued the first precedents for the implementation of Quebec anti-corruption laws;
• Transferred knowledge to legal affairs, UPAC auditors and investigators to increase the effectiveness of their audits, evaluations and investigations.

Région De Ottawa, Canada

• Strategic management and planning: Defined priorities and led initiatives for policy reform, for strengthening the Office’s policy capacity, and developing a framework for the qualitative and quantitative measurement.
• Compliance and advice: Performed advisory and compliance functions on conflict of interest issues, and acted as an investigator for alleged breaches of conflict of interest rules.
• Research and analysis: Managed comparative research projects and consultations on conflict of interest laws and policies.
• Capacity-building and communications: Coordinated comparative research with foreign delegations, organised capacity-building meetings and presentations for foreign delegations, provided oral briefings to senior staff.

Région De Ottawa, Canada

• Strategic advice: Provided advice and drafted memorandums to Cabinet for legislative proposals on democratic reform, political financing, access to information, civil rights and constitutional law issues.
• Legal advice: Coordinated court cases involving the government and supervised the drafting of legal amendments.
• Research and analysis: Managed research projects underlying legislative proposals in relation with democratic reform, political financing, constitutional law, access to information and civil rights issues.
• Communications: Drafted speeches and briefings for ministers, Members of Parliament, senators, and cabinet committees on the government’s legislative programme.

Région De Ottawa, Canada

• International negotiations: Provided legal and logistical support to the Canadian delegation at UN meetings on biopharmaceutical innovation and access to pharmaceutical products.
• Analysis and legal advice: Led research projects and advised senior officials on Canadian and foreign intellectual property laws and Canada’s free-trade agreements, and assessed the impact of court decisions on the.
• Communications and consultations: Organized interdepartmental policy discussions and consultations with stakeholders (lobbyists, biopharmaceutical industry, researchers, non-governmental organizations) on Canadian.

Ottawa

Research and advice: Provided legal advice and research capacity on the sharing of personal information for the implementation of government programmes.

Pointe-Noire, Congo

• Research and advice: Drafted and negotiated deeds of transfer of shares of a Congolese public corporation to a Hong Kong extractive industry corporation;
• Management: Managed day-to-day operations, including accounting, finances and human resources; and represented the interests of the company before government officials, private partners and Congolese tribunals and.

Rome, Italy

• Legal and policy advice: Provided legal advice on regulatory frameworks for the management of natural resources and implementation of the rule of law, as well as human resources issues;
• Research and analysis: Researched and analysed international regulatory and policy frameworks in relation with the management of natural resources and implementation of the rule of law, as well as intenral human.
• Communications and outreach: Conducted policy consultations and presented research project results to sponsoring governments in workshops abroad.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Anti-Corruption Law And Policy, Summa Cum Laudae

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), Intellectual Property, International Trade And Human Rights

Bachelor Of Laws (Ll.B.), Law

Barreau Du Quebec, Professional Practice Of Law

Licence In Law, Law